Camino Day 17

Grijó to Matosinhos
~26 km/16 miles

Note - I am writing this many days late, so my memories have faded.

The walk between Grijó and Porto was tougher and prettier than I had expected. There were some beautiful wooded areas with some hills to climb.

As I got closer to Porto I caught up with Jaewoong, a South Korean man who had stayed in many of the same places as I had. We walked across the bridge into Porto together, then headed to the Cathedral where Kelly was waiting.

After getting some pasteis de nata fresh from the oven Kelly and I said goodbye to Jaewoong and went for lunch.

Then it was a nice walk along the Douro River, then a right turn up the coast when we got to the Atlantic.

After checking into our respective hostels we went to a tour of the Pinhais Sardine Factory. Unfortunately, the catch that day hadn't been good, so the company didn't have any fish to process. Instead, the workers were packaging tins that had been already processed. Part of the tour was learning how to properly label a tin of sardines. Then the best part - sampling them. By that point I was pretty exhausted, so after some dessert and sangria I went to my hostel and bed.Læs mere